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We study a simple, effective and robust method for entangling two separate stationary quantum dot spin qubits with high fidelity using multiphoton Gaussian state. The fluorescence signals from the two dots interfere at a beam splitter. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Guy Z. Cohen , L. J. Sham

Photonic molecules can mimic interactions of atomic energy levels, offering new ways to manipulate cavity eigenstates. Current methods using evanescent coupling of multiple cavities face challenges in scalability, flexibility, and coupling…

Essential for building quantum networks over remote independent nodes, the indistinguishability of photons has been extensively studied by observing the coincidence dip in the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer. However, indistinguishability is…

Frequency-time is a degree of freedom suitable for photonic high-dimensional entanglement, with advantages such as compatibility with single-mode devices and insensitivity to dispersion. The engineering control of the frequency-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Liao Ye , Haoran Ma , Xiaoqing Guo , Fanjie Ruan , Yuehai Wang , Jianyi Yang

The ability to generate entangled states of light is a key primitive for quantum communication and distributed quantum computation. Continuously driven sources, including those based on spontaneous parametric downconversion, are usually…

We demonstrate a novel scheme to generate frequency-entangled qudits with dimension number higher than 10 and to distribute them over optical fibers of 15 km in total length. This scheme combines the technique of spectral engineering of…

The Hong-Ou-Mandel interference between independent photons plays a pivotal role in the large-scale quantum networks involving distant nodes. Photons need to work in a pure state for indistinguishability to reach high-quality interference.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 Bo Li , Yu-Huai Li , Yuan Cao , Juan Yin , Cheng-Zhi Peng

Non-equilibrium photon correlations of coherently excited single quantum systems can reveal their internal quantum dynamics and provide spectroscopic access. Here we propose and discuss the fundamentals of a coherent photon coincidence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Matthew Otten , Tristan Kenneweg , Matthias Hensen , Stephen K. Gray , Walter Pfeiffer

A single photon source is a key enabling technology in device-independent quantum communication, quantum simulation for instance boson sampling, linear optics-based and measurement-based quantum computing. These applications involve many…

The reliable, deterministic production of trustworthy high-quality single photons is a critical component of discrete variable, optical quantum technology. For single-photon based fully error-corrected quantum computing systems, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 Sebastian Brandhofer , Casey R. Myers , Simon J. Devitt , Ilia Polian

Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference, the bunching of indistinguishable photons at a beam splitter, is a staple of quantum optics and lies at the heart of many quantum sensing approaches and recent optical quantum computers. Here, we report a…

Interference between independent single photons is perhaps the most fundamental interaction in quantum optics. It has become increasingly important as a tool for optical quantum information science, as one of the rudimentary quantum…

Efficient switching and routing of photons of different wavelengths is a requirement for realizing a quantum internet. Multimode optomechanical systems can solve this technological challenge and enable studies of fundamental science…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-02 David P. Lake , Matthew Mitchell , Barry C. Sanders , Paul E. Barclay

By projecting onto complex optical mode profiles, it is possible to estimate arbitrarily small separations between objects with quantum-limited precision, free of uncertainty arising from overlapping intensity profiles. Here we extend these…

By pulsed s-shell resonant excitation of a single quantum dot-micropillar system, we generate long streams of a thousand of near transform-limited single photons with high mutual indistinguishability. Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of two…

We propose and characterize experimentally a new source of optical frequency combs for performing multi-heterodyne spectrometry. This comb modality is based on a frequency shifting loop seeded with a CW monochromatic laser. The comb lines…

Optics · Physics 2018-07-04 V. Duran , C. Schnebelin , H. Guillet De Chatellus

Motivated by developments in quantum information science, much recent effort has been directed toward coupling individual quantum emitters to optical microcavities. Such systems can be used to produce single photons on demand, enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-30 Murray W. McCutcheon , Darrick E. Chang , Yinan Zhang , Mikhail D. Lukin , Marko Loncar

Photons' frequency degree of freedom is promising to realize large-scale quantum information processing. Quantum frequency combs (QFCs) generated in integrated nonlinear microresonators can produce multiple frequency modes with narrow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Chi Lu , Xiaoyu Wu , Wenjun Wen , Xiao-song Ma

In the present work, we derive a formalism that can be used to predict and interpret the time structure and achievable visibilities for two-photon interference (TPI) experiments using photons from two separate sources. The treatment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-25 Benjamin Kambs , Christoph Becher

The experimental realization of many-body entangled states is one of the main goals of quantum technology as these states are a key resource for quantum computation and quantum sensing. However, increasing the number of photons in an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Y. Pilnyak , N. Aharon , D. Istrati , E. Megidish , A. Retzker , H. S. Eisenberg